James Danderfer

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Readers, belated Happy New Year to you all! Year of the SNAKE. Hell yeah! My year.

So everybody throw your hands in the air and shake’em like you just don’t care.

*Sigh*… I just don’t care.

Anyone who knows me knows I don’t like to be a complain-y pants which is why I live by my childhood rule that “If you can’t think of anything nice to say, then shut your mouth you stupid, stupid boy.” So I took a deserved break from more…

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Readers, I’ve been remiss in my SMNP duties, which I’d feel bad about except that I am instead using all available time to release more and more hot Dander-tracks for your enjoyment.

For example, THE HUMMINGBIRD BRIGADE album is now on the music page and available for purchase via iTunes download or via CDBaby if you want hard copies to give as Christmas presents to EVERYONE you know. And could possibly be more festive than this contemporary, aggressive, rockin’ take on New Orleans brasses band music. Even my Grandma likes it! Her exact words were “What a racket!” But I’m pretty sure what she meant was “What a joyous, joyous, holly jolly Chistmas-style racket!” more…

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Readers, this is finally happening! I’ve been listening to this album come together over the last 6 months and I can tell you IT IS ROCKIN!

For those of you who aren’t familiar with this band, it can be described as more…

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Readers, I gotta say, it feels pretty damn good to be James Danderfer this week.

My trio show (with “Sugar-Joe” Poole and Chris “24-7″ Gestrin) at the Cellar was a blast and my 1st trip to Calgary was fantastic! Huge thanks to more…

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OK Danderfans, you’ve been asking for more Danderfer and here it is. My trio (with young Joe Poole on drums and Chris ’24/7′ Gestrin) is gonna be swingin’ at The Cellar jazz club a week from today. That’s right more…

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Readers, what a whirlwind of activity these last few weeks have been.

Let’s start off with some good news. Ladies and gentlemen, the doors of the Danderfer Centre of Music Education are now open and we’re accepting students. HOORAAAYYY!

And by “doors” I mean more…

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Hello everybody, sorry for the SMNP absence again! This is just a mid-week post to let people know I’m selling one of my two clarinets. But not just any clarinet! This is the instrument I played on more…

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Readers, anyone who knows me knows that I’m a city boy moving at a country pace. My idea of “roughing it” is a picnic without stemmed wine glasses.

Every so often though, I’ll venture out via air-conditioned vehicle to more…

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Readers, anyone who knows me knows that I am a simple man. When I find something good, I stick to it.

This is why I’ve been playing Richard Hawkins mouthpieces since I was 16 years old. Richard didn’t more…

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Well, so much for a punctual SMNP this week! It’s been a busy time for this ol’ clarinetist as I’ve been driving around Alberta with family, visiting relatives I haven’t seen since I was little; in some cases, relatives that I’ve never met. I can now say I’ve been to Edmonton, Vermilion, Ardrossan, Rimbey, Red Deer and Islay.

I know, right? Pretty cool.

The whole thing was my idea too. I thought it’d be fun, or at least interesting, and it was both. Lots of beautiful people in this family tree of mine, and lots of great stories.

In particular, farming stories are quite something. Listening to farmers (especially older farmers) talk about their work was impressive. I mean, I work pretty hard, but more…